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Avani and the Pea Plant

Author: Shruthi Rao

Illustrator: Debasmita Dasgupta

One day, Avani was sitting at the kitchen table, watching her mother cook. Amma got
the cooker ready.
"Avani, please give me the peas," Amma said.

2/12

Avani took a bowl of dried peas from the kitchen table and gave it to Amma.
One pea fell out of the bowl. Avani and Amma did not see it!

3/12

The pea bounced on
the table, onto the
floor...
... and rolled under the
table.
Chikki the cat found it.
She pushed it.
She pawed at it.
She tried to lick it.

4/12

The pea rolled to the kitchen door.

Chikki pushed it again.
It rolled out...
... into the garden.

5/12

A mynah saw the pea.
She pecked at it with
her beak. But it was
too hard.
She pecked at it again.
With a jump, the pea
landed on the soil,
near a tomato plant.

6/12

An earthworm popped
out of the ground. It
looked at the pea, but
did not find it
interesting. It popped
back into the ground.

Now there was a hole
in the ground!

The pea slipped into
the hole, and got
covered by loose mud.
It rested in the cool,
dark mud.

7/12

The days passed. The rains came.

The pea got wet. It swelled,

and it swelled a little more.

It grew a tail...
... and a crown.

8/12

The crown shot out of the ground,
and tried to reach for the sun.

It grew taller... and taller... and taller!

9/12

Avani saw it when she
was playing in the
garden.
"Amma! Look here!"
she said.
"A pea plant!" said
Amma.
Both of them looked at
the pea plant. They
were surprised.

10/12

"Did you plant it?"
Amma asked Avani.
"No Amma, did you
not sow it?" asked
Avani.
"Then, who did it?"
they wondered. "Who
planted it?"
You and I know, don’t
we?

11/12

Try it yourself!
1. Plant a seed in a small pot and water it every
day.
2. Does it grow if you keep the pot in a dark and
cool place?
3. Many sprouted seeds and grains
are very good for our health.
Which sprouts do you like to eat?

12/12

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Smiling woman and girl , by Debasmita Dasgupta © Pratham Books, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 3: Girl holding a
bowl of peas, by Debasmita Dasgupta © Pratham Books, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 4: A cat looking at a pea, by
Debasmita Dasgupta © Pratham Books, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 5: A cat looking out of the house, by
Debasmita Dasgupta © Pratham Books, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 6: Bird pecking at the pea, by Debasmita
Dasgupta © Pratham Books, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 7: Earthworm and a pea, by Debasmita Dasgupta ©
Pratham Books, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 8: Rain falling on a plant, by Debasmita Dasgupta © Pratham Books,
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Avani and the Pea Plant Who did it? Avani does not know. Her mother does not know. But
you will know who did it when you read this book about a pea plant.
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